Marvel Studios on Wednesday premiered its first female-led superhero movie “Captain Marvel” in London , where stars in the new movie said they hoped to inspire with a different kind of action flick.

“Captain Marvel,” a prequel to the “Avengers” films made by Walt Disney Co’s Marvel Studios, tells a story of self-discovery, but also touches on a female friendship.

The film begins its worldwide cinema rollout next week, some four months after the death of comic book superhero creator Stan Lee, who also appeared in Marvel films in cameo roles.

Oscar winner Brie Larson takes the lead in the highly anticipated movie, playing U.S. fighter pilot Carol Danvers as she becomes a powerful superhero.

The movie trailers show Larson, who won a best actress Oscar for the 2015 drama “Room”, leaping onto trains, fighting and showing off some mighty powers.

Lashana Lynch, who plays Danvers’ friend and fellow pilot Maria Rambeau in ‘Captain Marvel’ said:

“It’s nice to just show two women hanging out, supporting each other and that being the love in the movie instead of a romantic love.

“It’s nice to just show women standing their ground using their voices, using their intelligence and using the fact that they’re fighter pilots, which is never represented really in cinema, especially for us women.”

Samuel L. Jackson, a regular in Marvel’s “Avengers” films, returns, albeit as a younger superspy Nick Fury in the movie set in the mid-1990s during a galactic conflict.

At the film’s premiere in London, Jackson said;

“I’m sure the effect of what the character does and how she is perceived is going to be really a kind of wonderful boost for the female empowerment movement.”